Hair-parting device.



No. 754,182. PATENTED MAR. a, 1904.

- F. H, WOOD.

HAIR PARTING DEVICE.

APPLIOATION FILED cow. 17, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

Wj""" nl HHII'WII FE' E lnmiar strip 2, and the latter is removed, leaving a perfectly straight and well-defined part.

UNITED STATES Patented. March 8, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

FRANKLIN H. WOOD, OF W'ILKINSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

HAIR-PARTING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 754,182, dated March 8, 1904.

Application filed October 17, 1903.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, FRANKLIN H. Woon, a citizen of the United States, residing at VVilkinsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Assisting in Parting the Hair, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The object of the present invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive device by the use of which the hair may be quickly and conveniently arranged with a straight part either with or Without the aid of a mirror.

The invention consists of a device which embodies the novel structural features hereinafter fully described and claimed, and illus: trated by the accompanying drawings, where- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device as applied to the head. Fig. 2 is a top plan view, and Fig. 3 is an edge view, of the same. Fig. 4 is a cross-section on line 4 4 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, 2 indicates a strip or plate of thin material curved to fit the head of the user and formed at its ends with eyes or keepers 3 to receive the laterallybent extremities 4 of the wire or other straight member 4. The inner edge of strip 2 may be formed with irregularities or serrations 5 to facilitate holding the device.

In use the device is held in place upon the head, as indicated in the drawings, with outer edge 2' of the strip defining the line of part, the hair being preferably brushed straight forward before the device is applied, so that it will not lie across any hair which properly belongs at one side or the other of the part. The device being thus positioned, the hair is combed or brushed across the head away from Wire 4 serves as a rest which bears upon the head below the part and assists in materially holding the device in proper position. Wire extremities 4 are movable in keepers 3, so that the wire may be in position adjacent strip 2 for a side or low part, as in Figs. 1 and 2, and for a higher or center part it may be drawn out, as seen in dotted lines in Fig.

$erial No. 177,393. (No model.)

2. With this arrangement the wire is caused to rest in substantially the same position regardless of the location of the part. A further function of the wire is to hold the strip properly curved, and the wire may vary in length to accommodate the curvature of the strip to heads of different shapes. The strip is formed, preferably, of aluminium, which is light and inexpensive, though tin or other suitable material may be used. The strip is also preferably resilient as well as flexible, so that when wire 4 is detached it will straighten out and may be packed in small compass. With the strip of sheet metal eyes 3 may be formed by turning up the extremities thereof,

as shown.

While I have shown and described the preferred construction and arrangement of the device, it will be understood that the invention may be variously embodied without departing from the spirit and scope thereof.

I claim as my invention 1. A device of the character described comprising a strip or plate of thin flexible material adapted to be curved to fit the head and at one edge define the line of part, and a supporting member operating to connect the opposite ends of said strip and maintain the curvature thereof, the supporting member being adapted to rest on the head below the line of part and sustain the device in operative position.

2. A device of the character described comprising a strip or plate curved from end to end and adapted at one edge to define the line of part, and a straight supporting member uniting with opposite ends of the strip and adapted to rest on the head below the line of part and sustain the device in operative position.

' 3. A device of the character described, comprising a body curved to fit the head and at one edge adapted to define the line of part, and a support for that side of the body opposite its part-defining edge, said support being lower than the part-defining edge and adapted to rest on the head below the line of part.

4. A device of the character described comprising a body curved to fit the head and at one edge adapted to define the line of part, and a laterally-adjustable support for the side of the body opposite its part-defining edge, said support being lower than the part-defining edge and adapted to rest on the head below the line of part.

5. A device of the character described comprising a strip or plate of thin material curved to fit the head and at one edge adapted to define the line of part, keepers at the extremities of the strip, and a combined support and connecting member extending longitudinally of the strip and having lateral extensions adapted to be confined in said keepers.

6. A device of the character described comprising a strip or plate of thin flexible mate- FRANKLIN H. WOOD.

Witnesses:

J. M. NESBIT, MARGARET HUGHES. 

